Review2021-07-20

Death's Door review: a sturdy and often funny fable about death

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Brendan Caldwell Rock Paper Shotgun
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Genres · adventure, hack_and_slash, indie, rpg
Release · Jul 20, 2021
Developer · Acid Nerve
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Daniel Hollis Pure Xbox·20 Jan 2022
Death’s Door - One Of 2021's Best Games, Now On Xbox Game Pass
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Robert Ramsey Push Square·23 Nov 2021
Death's Door - Indie Darling Is a Tightly Designed Joy
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Mitch Vogel Nintendo Life·23 Nov 2021
Death's Door (Switch) - Much More Than The Sum Of Its Zelda And Soulslike Parts
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